How To Play Guitar

Teenage Dream -- 5 Seconds of Summer Cover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T70tH2jpXLo

Link above is where I learned to play it!

I love using Andy Stocks' videos to learn songs; his daughter is a big 5 Seconds of Summer fan and he shows us how to play a whole bunch of 5sauce songs!!!

When i say "e string" i am referring to your thickest e string; "low e" refers to smallest string.

TEENAGE DREAM -- 5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

Intro

pinkie finger: 7th fret of b string

ring finger: 7th fret of g string

pointer finger: 5th fret of b string

--Play downstrokes of g and b strings (count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and 1)

remove your pinkie finger so you have your ring on 7th of g and pointer of 5th of b

--Continue play downstrokes of g and b strings (count 2 and 3 and 4 and)

Play twice__

Verses and Chorus 

ring finger: 5th of e string

pinkie finger: 5th of a string

middle finger: 4th of g string

pointer finger: 3rd of b string

--mute open strings by laying your fingers back slightly once they are in this position--

--One downstroke then stop the strings

Slide your fingers down so that your pointer is on 7th of g and b (bars), remove your middle finger, pinkie finger will 9th of a string and ring finger will be 9th of e string.

--strum one time

Slide your fingers up so they look like this: 

Pointer finger: 5th of b

Middle finger: 6th of g

Pinkie finger: 7th of a string

Ring finger: 7th of e string

--two downstrums

--play all through out the choruses and verses. 

"Middle Part"

ring finger: 5th of e string

pinkie finger: 5th of a string

middle finger: 4th of g string

pointer finger: 3rd of b string

--mute the strings and do single fast downstrokes (count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4)

--slide all your fingers up two frets; single fast downstrokes (count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4)

--Slide your fingers down so that your pointer is on 7th of g and b (bars), remove your middle finger, pinkie finger will 9th of a string and ring finger will be 9th of e string; single fast downstrokes (count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4)

--Slide to this: 

ring finger: 12th of e string

pinkie finger: 12th of a string

middle finger: 11th of g string

pointer finger: 10th of b string

--single downstrokes (count 1 and 2 and 3 and 4)

(watch video to pick anything I may have accidentally left out)

I found this relatively easier to play than the original version I found online. 

I don't think it's too hard to be honest, but if you need help or have any questions you can always ask me!!

dedicated to _localtrashcan_